- present participle of hie.
hying
Americanverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of hying
First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English; hie ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Little Ann was hying hard to get ahold of the coon but she couldn’t.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Two other hying machines were heard of about this date, one by Professor Giampietre, of Pavia, cigar-shaped, driven by screws, and rigged with masts and sails.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
To my mind, this latter is the pristine form of the tale, and points to a Buddhist origin—mercy to all hying creatures being one of the leading doctrines of pure Buddhism.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Robak, pressing the lad's brow to his breast and hying his palms crosswise on his head, gazed aloft and said: “My son, may God be with you!”
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes
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